RE: n00b lib packaging question

[Daniel Leidert <daniel.leidert.spam@gmx.net>]

Am Dienstag, den 29.08.2006, 15:54 -0400 schrieb Jean-Sebastien Pilon:

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> > What's inside libpcap-ring1.install and libpcap-ring-dev.install? You
> > need to "copy" the files from debian/tmp to debian/$package 
> 
> 
> # cat debian/libpcap-ring1.install
> usr/local/lib/lib*.so.*
> 
> # cat debian/libpcap-ring-dev.install
> usr/local/include/*
> usr/local/lib/lib*.a
> usr/local/lib/lib*.so
> usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/*
> usr/local/lib/*.la
> 
> Should I normally expect dh_install to put the files at the right place?

I guess, you need to add '--sourcedir=debian/tmp' to your dh_install
call in debian/rules. Refer to dh_install's manpage.

Regards, Daniel